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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."
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“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”
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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”
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Celebrating LGBTQ Voices with an All-New Season of the StoryCorps Podcast
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By The Power Vested In Me
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Memorial Day Remembrances

Honor the memories and sacrifices of service members who died while in service

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“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”
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“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”
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"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."
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"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."
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1st Squad, 3rd Platoon

1st Squad, 3rd Platoon
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The Last Viewing

The Last Viewing

Animated Shorts

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Chloe Longfellow
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Just Like Yesterday
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As Heard in Chicago

Voices and stories recorded at our Chicago StoryBooth

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“It is a very specific cloud hanging over us. It just feels like we’re at pause.”
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“It is a very specific cloud hanging over us. It just feels like we’re at pause.”

Irakere Picon, an immigration lawyer who often represents undocumented immigrants — and happens to be an undocumented immigrant himself — talks with his wife, Arianna Hermosillo, about how it impacts their relationship.
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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”

Ellen Hughes speaks with Keith Miller, the hospital safety officer who helped her son when he had a violent reaction to a medication.
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“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”
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“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”

Anna Freeman and her 8-year-old daughter, Brianna, talk about Brianna’s love of unicorns, and their experiences being bullied.
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“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”
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“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”

At StoryCorps in Chicago, Alagappa Rammohan shares with his daughter, Paru Venkat, a love letter to the written word.
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